Pawnstar: Halloween Horror

October 31, 2006

Pawnstar offers a chilling tale of Halloween Horror.

Shilling on BGG: A Practical Guide

October 30, 2006

Ahh, the legions of BGGers–current and former–who read this and said, “Man; where was this years ago when I was first starting out?”

The highest Scrabble score ever

October 27, 2006

On October 12th, the the highest ever scoring Scrabble game was played - 830 points.
[via About.com]

Essen Trip

October 25, 2006

A day-long Essen Trip makes for a good blog post, especially as it has memories of the fair in 1989.

Battlelore: Inside the Box

Those TricTrac videos where the guy in the wig (at least I hope it’s a wig) goes through all the components in a game are so strange that I can’t stop watching, even though I’m slightly frightened. Anyway, here’s their epic on Battlelore.

GeekList: The 10 Types of Gamers (Clustering Analysis)

October 20, 2006

What kind of gamer you are? Check out Matthew Gray’s clustering analysis The 10 Types of Gamers and find out!

Scepter of Zavandor Strategy Thoughts

October 14, 2006

I wish I had Brian’s latest strategy guide before I played SoF…would have made my life a lot easier.

Nanowrimo Games

October 13, 2006

Here’s a great idea from toadflax games: Nanowrimo for Games! Nanowrimo stands for National novel writing month; people aim to write a novel during November. Why not design a game during the month?

Yehuda: Learn to Love Board Games Again:
100+ Ways to Rejuvenate the Games You Already Own

Learn to Love Board Games Again:
100+ Ways to Rejuvenate the Games You Already Own
is a long, thorough and remarkable article from Yehuda (who else?).

A Session with the Doctor

October 8, 2006

I do wish Rio Grande would get off its butt and publish Poisson d’Avril one of these years. It has a long history, and has been only fitfully in print lately, and then never for very long in any one place…

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